About the College

Mission:
To leverage the powerful, professional voice of Nursing through outstanding education, clinical expertise and research to improve health across the communities we serve.

Vision:
To be the preeminent public College of Nursing in New York State.

The College of Nursing at SUNY Upstate Medical University is the only nursing program in the region that is part of an academic medical university. There are only 134 such universities in the nation, and just one in Central New York. It began offering bachelor's and master's degrees in 1984 and currently has the following advanced education programs for RNs: